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Eugene Charter (a) propose the budget; (b) make all purchases; (c) appoint and remove all employees except as otherwise specified in this charter. After accepting the resignation of, appointing, or dismissing a department director, the city manager shall explain to the council the reasons for the action taken. Unless prohibited by law, the reports required by this subsection may be made to the council in executive session; (d) enforce all ordinances; (e) act as business agent for the council for the sale of real estate and other matters relating to franchises, leases, and other business and property transactions; (f) prepare and furnish all reports requested by the council; (g) perform such other duties as the council directs; and (h) organize and, as he or she deems necessary, disband and reorganize the various city departments. (3) The offices of the manager and department heads may be filled by candidates from outside the city, but during their tenure in those offices, all persons hereafter appointed to them shall reside in the city. All employees appointed by the manager shall reside in the city during their tenure of position, except as the council authorizes the manager to prescribe to the contrary and the manager does so. (4) The duties of all administrative employees shall be assigned to them by the manager, and they shall be responsible and accountable to the manager. (5) The powers herein granted to the manager are exclusive. (6) The manager may be removed with or without cause at any time by the council after six months tenure. (7) The Eugene Water & Electric Board and its employees are excluded from the operation of this section. Chapter V Municipal Court Section 17. Judges, Powers, Procedures. (1) The city council may appoint one or more municipal judges, for terms and at salaries it specifies. A municipal judge shall hold court in the city at such a place as the council directs. The court shall be known as the Municipal Court. (2) The court may impose sanctions on any person who violates a city ordinance within the court's jurisdiction, issue process for the arrest of any person accused of any such violation, commit such a person to imprisonment or admit the person to bail pending trial, issue subpoenas to compel witnesses to appear and testify on the trial of any cause before the court, enforce obedience to the subpoenas, and issue process necessary to carry into effect the judgment of the court. -5- 11/28/2005